Clinical Study

Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Combined Phaco-ExPress and Phacotrabeculectomy in Open Angle Glaucoma Treatment: 12-Month Follow-Up

Table 6

Postoperative complications.

ComplicationsP-ExPress (%)P-Trab (%)

Intraoperative
 Bleeding1 (2.6)0.645
Postoperative
 Hyphema
  Blood level in AC1 (2.1)1 (2.6)0.875
  Erythrocytes in AC
 Wound leakage3 (6.5)1 (2.6)0.391
 Fibrosis9 (19.6)9 (23.1)0.784
 Anterior chamber cells3 (6.5)3 (7.7)0.834
 Hypotony
  Until 7 days2 (5.1)0.115
  Until 30 days1 (2.6)0.411
  Until 180 days1 (2.1)1 (2.6)0.896
 Choroid detachment1 (2.1)3 (7.7)0.231
 Macular edema1 (2.1)0.354
 Malignant glaucoma2 (4.3)0.187

P-ExPress: phaco-ExPress group; P-Trab: phacotrabeculectomy group; test.